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SCOTUS Hears Arguments in Key Louisiana Redistricting Case

Democracy Now 25 Mar 2025
Last year, using the newly drawn maps, voters elected Cleo Fields, a Black Democrat, to represent the district, sending two ...
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Supreme Court seems divided over Louisiana case of congressional map with 2 Black majority seats

American Press 25 Mar 2025
The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which added a second Black majority district ... It has been a winding road ... The district’s voters last year elected Cleo Fields, a Black Democrat ... .
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Congressman Fields on the Supreme Court Hearing Louisiana V. Callais (Cleo Fields)

Public Technologies 24 Mar 2025
... predominant factor in the drawing of this map," explains Congressman Fields ... Cleo Fields published this content on March 24, 2025, and is solely responsible for the information contained therein.
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Louisiana is ‘tired’ of fighting over its congressional maps. The Supreme Court will review its ...

CNN 24 Mar 2025
Cleo Fields, a Democrat, captured the seat in last year’s election – adding a second Democrat to the state’s delegation. In raw political terms, the Supreme Court’s decision could leave Fields in power ...
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Voting rights saga over race-based redistricting comes to US supreme court

AOL 24 Mar 2025
The case, Louisiana v Callais, arrives at the supreme court after years of legal wrangling over Louisiana’s congressional map ... Related ... Cleo Fields, a Black Democrat, won the seat last fall ... “The State of Louisiana should be ashamed ... .
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Halfway to the 2030 census, the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits over the ...

Times Union 24 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits that grew out of the last one ... The 5th U.S ... The district's voters last year elected Cleo Fields, a Black Democrat ... ___.
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Supreme Court seems divided in case over Louisiana congressional map with 2 Black majority seats

The Nashville Ledger 24 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana's congressional map, which has two Black majority districts for the first time ... The district's voters last year elected Cleo Fields, a Black Democrat ... ___.
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Supreme Court case tests how much states can consider race in drawing congressional maps

Star Gazette 24 Mar 2025
SCOTUS hears case on Louisiana congressional maps ... Cleo Fields, is a Democrat and the voters challenging the boundary lines say a “racial quota” cost the state a Republican seat in a narrowly divided Congress ... But the writing is on the wall, he said.
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Supreme Court to weigh use of race in redistricting

Roll Call 21 Mar 2025
On Louisiana’s first congressional map, a judge found the state violated the discrimination protections in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and ordered the map redrawn ... A long time coming ... Troy Carter ... Cleo Fields, a Democrat ... Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep ... .
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in case over Louisiana’s new Congressional District 6

Avoyelles Today 19 Mar 2025
On March 24, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of Louisiana v. Callais ... According to U.S ... In that election, current Louisiana Congressman Cleo Fields (D) won the election and currently sits in the new Congressional District 6 ... State.
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